Mailer
allows the LADS system to automatically read email
attachments and save the attachments into the directory
that DB_Enter reads.
The interface of Mailer is as follows:
The first line shows the status of the program.
It can be Idle, Sending files or Receiving files.
The Last File Processed field shows the last file
the program worked with. It could be the file that
it received (In) or the file that it sent (Out).
The Time and Date of Last field shows the time
stamp of the last processed file. Files field shows
the total files processed since this instance of
the program started. The Errors shows how many
errors Mailer found since the last time errors
have been reset. Pressing the Reset Errors button
will set the Errors to zero. The possible errors
could be an error connecting to the mail server,
an error attaching the file to the mail, an error
writing the attached file to the disk, etc. The
brief description of the error will be captured
in the mail.log file in the \log directory (see
Server Directory Structure and File Description
section). Show Log button will open the mail.log
in WordPad. Delete Log will delete mail.log. Mailer
will check mail every five minutes. The count down
number at the left side of the window shows how
much time left before the next check. Each count
is 30 seconds. If you like to have the program
run immediately, press the Go Now button.
Mailer needs two configuration files to run. They
are mailer.txt and mailaddr.txt, see Server Directory
Structure and File Description section for their
structure. These two configuration files should
be in the same directory as the mailer.exe.
Mailer will deliver the files that are in the
subdirectory of Outgoing, which is specified by
the mailaddr.txt. Mailer will put the incoming
data files in the Incoming directory. The data
files will then be handled by DB_Enter. Mailer
will generate a file called ~waitmail in the Incoming
directory while it is moving the files to prevent
DB_Enter from accessing the same files. The ~waitmail
file will be deleted when Mailer finishes processing
the incoming mail.
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